I was willing to accept the targeted ads which came with using Gmail as a "fee" for a product I liked to use. On the other hand, I refused to use other services specifically because I didn't want my information shared in any way shape or form over them. If they allow me to opt out of sharing info over other services, I'll happily continue using Gmail otherwise I'm outta here.

I'll probably be going back to my rogers account for a while until the dust settles. My secondary rogers email is long enough that the spam bots don't get to it. Just went through google dashboard and turned everything possible off, removed all possible info, cancelled all possible accounts (including youtube), and removed every possible gadget on igoogle.

Hopefully Google with hear the anguished crys from those of us who would love to be able to continue using gmail, but don't want any of the other crap/sharing and will change their mind(s). If they don't, it's been fun, but I guess I'll have to learn to love bing..... ;(